Nervous System Crossword Puzzle

A class of large neuroglial (macroglial) cells in the central nervous system.

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an organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation

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neuroglial tissue of mesodermal origin that can become phagocytic

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a nerve fiber that carries impulses toward the muscles or glands

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holds all of the general parts of a cell as well as the nucleus, which is the control center.

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The nervous system outside the brain and spinal cord

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The portion of the nervous system concerned with the control of voluntary muscle.

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a cell of the neuroglia

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A junction between two nerve cells, consisting of a minute gap across which impulses pass by diffusion of a neurotransmitter.

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An organ or cell that acts in response to a stimulus: "effector cells".

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1.A structure containing a number of nerve cell bodies, typically linked by synapses, and often forming a swelling on a nerve fiber.

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A type of neuroglia cell lining the central canal of the spinal cord or the brain.

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The long threadlike part of a nerve cell along which impulses are conducted from the cell.

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Any of the cordlike bundles of fibers made up of neurons through which sensory stimuli and motor impulses pass between the brain or other.

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any cell that covers the nerve fibers in the peripheral nervous system and forms the myelin sheath

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1.A short branched extension of a nerve cell, along which impulses received from other cells at synapses are transmitted to the cell body.

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Part of the nervous system that was once thought to be functionally independent of the brain.

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The complex of nerve tissues that controls the activities of the body. In vertebrates it comprises the brain and spinal cord

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A specialized cell transmitting nerve impulses; a nerve cell.

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A star-shaped glial cell of the central nervous system

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1.A chemical substance that is released at the end of a nerve fiber by the arrival of a nerve impulse and, by diffusing across the synapse or junction, causes the transfer of the impulse to another nerve fiber, a muscle fiber, or some other structure

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the membrane potential to which a membrane must be depolarized to initiate an action potential

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1.The electrical potential of a neuron or other excitable cell relative to its surroundings when not stimulated or involved in passage of an impulse

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1.The change in electrical potential associated with the passage of an impulse along the membrane of a muscle cell or nerve cell

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A gap in the myelin sheath of a nerve, between adjacent Schwann cells

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a nerve fiber that carries impulses toward the central nervous system

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a layer of myelin encasing (and insulating) the axons of medullated nerve fibers

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